2018 Women's LEN Super Cup

The 2018 Women's LEN Super Cup was the 13th edition of the annual trophy organised by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European competitions for women's water polo clubs. The match was played between Kinef Kirishi (2017–18 Euro League champions) and Dunaújvárosi FVE (winners of the 2017–18 LEN Trophy) at the Neftyanik Sports Complex in Kirishi, Russia, on 10 November 2018.^[1][2]

2018 Women's LEN Super Cup

Kinef Kirishi Dunaújváros 11 11
Dunaújváros won 15–13 on penalties
Date	10 November 2018
Venue	Neftyanik Sports Complex, Kirishi
← 2017 2019 →

Hungary's Dunaújváros, at their debut in the competition, won the trophy recovering from a 4-goal gap during the last quarter and defeating after the shootouts the European champions and Super Cup title holders of Kinef at their home pool in Kirishi.^[3][4][5]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Kinef Kirishi	Winners of the 2017–18 LEN Euro League Women	2017
Dunaújváros	Winners of the 2017–18 Women's LEN Trophy	Debut

Squads

Kinef Kirishi^[6] № Nat. Player Birth Date Position 1   Anna Karnaukh (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 Goalkeeper 2   Tatiana Zubkova (1995-06-07)7 June 1995 Field Player 3   Ekaterina Prokofyeva (1991-03-13)13 March 1991 Field Player 4   Anastasia Simanovich (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 Field Player 5   Anastasiia Diachenko (1999-03-15)15 March 1999 Field Player 6   Kseniia Krimer (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 Field Player 7   Bella Khamzaeva (1998-05-15)15 May 1998 Field Player 8   Ekaterina Kirilcheva (1992-05-17)17 May 1992 Field Player 9   Ekaterina Iakusheva (1997-03-26)26 March 1997 Field Player 10   Evgeniia Soboleva (c) (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 Field Player 11   Evgeniya Ivanova (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 Field Player 12   Daria Ryzhkova (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 Field Player 13   Anastasiia Smykova (2000-02-17)17 February 2000 Goalkeeper Head coach: Aleksandr Kabanov

Dunaújváros^[6] № Nat. Player Birth Date Position 1   Alexandra Kiss (1996-08-18)18 August 1996 Goalkeeper 2   Gerda Brezovszki (1998-08-08)8 August 1998 Field Player 3   Kata Menczinger (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 Field Player 4   Gréta Gurisatti (1996-05-14)14 May 1996 Field Player 5   Brigitta Horváth (1996-05-14)14 May 1996 Field Player 6   Géraldine Mahieu (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 Field Player 7   Lara Luka (2000-11-25)25 November 2000 Field Player 8   Krisztina Garda (c) (1994-07-16)16 July 1994 Field Player 9   Diána Ziegler (1994-05-04)4 May 1994 Field Player 10   Vanda Vályi (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 Field Player 11   Vanda Huszti (2000-07-12)12 July 2000 Field Player 12   Csenge Szellák (2000-11-23)23 November 2000 Field Player 13   Laura Aarts (1996-08-10)10 August 1996 Goalkeeper Head coach: Attila Mihók

Match

10 November 2018 13:00 (UTC+03:00)	Report	Kinef Kirishi	11–11^(13–15 PSO)	Dunaújváros	Neftyanik Sports Complex, Kirishi Referees: Margeta (SLO), Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 5–4, 1–4  PSO: 2–4
		2: Zubkova, Prokofyeva, Simanovich, Ryzhkova 1: Kirilcheva, Soboleva, Ivanova Penalties: Zubkova   Khamzaeva   Diachenko   Ryzhkova	Goals	3: Gurisatti 2: Menczinger, Garda, Vályi 1: Mahieu, Ziegler Penalties:   Vályi   Garda   Menczinger   Horváth

See also

• 2018 LEN Super Cup

References

1. "European Water Polo Super Cup Finals". len.eu. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. "Women's Super Cup Final – Preview & LIVE TV". len.eu. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
3. "Dunaujvaros came from –4 down to stun Kirishi". total-waterpolo.com. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
4. "Európai Szuperkupa-GYŐZTES A Dunaújváros!" [Dunaújváros is the European Super Cup winner!]. waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
5. "Dunajvarosi FVE takes LEN Super Cup". sportkinef.ru. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
6. "Startlist". microplustiming.com. Ligue Européenne de Natation. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

External links

• Official LEN website
• Microplustiming.com (official results website)